Branko Vukelić

{{Short description|Croatian politician (1958–2013)}}

{{for|the spy|Branko Vukelić (spy)}}

{{Infobox Minister

|name = Branko Vukelić

|honorific-suffix =

|image = Svecanost podizanja NATOve zastave Zagreb 63.jpg

|imagesize = 220px

|caption = Branko Vukelić in April 2009

|order = 11th

|office = Minister of Defence of Croatia

|term_start = 12 January 2008

|term_end = 29 December 2010

|primeminister= Ivo Sanader (2008–2009)
Jadranka Kosor (2009–2010)

|predecessor = Berislav Rončević

|successor = Davor Božinović

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1958|03|09|df=y}}

|birth_place = Karlovac, FPR Yugoslavia

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|05|03|1958|03|09|df=y}}

|death_place =

|party = Independent (since 2013){{-}}Croatian Democratic Union (until 2013)

|alma_mater = University of Zagreb

|residence =

|spouse =

|children =

|website =

|footnotes =

|nationality = Croat

}}

Branko Vukelić (9 March 1958 – 3 May 2013) was a Croatian politician and former Minister of Defence, and member of the Croatian Democratic Union.{{cite web|author=I.D. |url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/umro-branko-vukelic---284980.html |title=Umro bivši ministar Branko Vukelić |publisher=Dnevnik.hr |date=2013-03-05 |accessdate=2013-05-04}}

Vukelić graduated from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, in 1981. He was married with one child.